Astros, Yankees win ALDS openers, and Deivi Garcia gets a big opportunity

Eno and DVR discuss the opening games of the ALDS matchups, and try to make sense of a mediocre outing from Blake Snell, Austin Meadows' disappointing 2020, and their appreciation for Enoli Paredes as an unheralded arm in the soft underbelly of the Houston bullpen.

Rundown

0:39 Giancarlo Stanton Puts Game 1 Out of Reach

3:02 How the Fifth Innings Shaped the Rays’ Bullpen Usage

9:18 Austin Meadows’ Oblique Injury and 2020 Struggles

11:44 A Pivotal Error Flips Game 1 On the A’s

20:08 Enoli Paredes: A Reliever for Stuffists

21:16 Deivi Garcia Gets the Nod for Game 2

25:59 Aaron Judge Did an Aaron Judge Thing

31:52 When the Play-by-Play Tweet Goes Spoiler

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